At Skills Academy you can study the following courses without Matric:

3. Apply to Re-Write some Subjects (Supplementary Exams)

There are supplementary (second-chance) exams for 2017 Matric students in February and March of 2018. The closing date to apply for a re-write will be in January. So if you want to re-write, then apply for the supplementary exams now.

Don’t wait!

The closing date to apply for supplementary exams is 19 January 2018.

Check if you qualify to write supplementary exams

You can write supplementary exams if you:

a) failed up to two subjects,

b) had medical reasons for missing your November exam dates,

c) do not have marks good enough to enter Higher Education (this is your chance to improve your marks and get that Bachelor’s Pass you want!)

d) had traumatic personal problems like a bereavement, during the November exams

What If you Do Not Qualify for the Supplementary Exams?

If you do not qualify to write the supplementary exams, then your options are:

Go back to school. Re-do your matric year as a full-time school student. For this you must be younger than 21 years.

Study part-time at a Public Adult Education Centre.

Do the mid-year Adult Matric Exam.

Register for Vocational training at an FET or TVET college.

Department of Basic Education – Supplementary Exams 2018

4. Go Back To School

Your school is getting ready for the new Matric Class. So you have to meet with you school principal and your old teachers, and ask them really nicely to find a space for you as well.

Remember: Your school does not have to take you back.

If you understand why you did badly last year, and if you can avoid those things this year, then going back to school might be your best option.

Yes, you will feel bad going back to school. But one day you will look back and realise that one year is not a lot of time. And it will be your most valuable investment in yourself.

5. Do the Mid-Year Adult Matric Exam

This is called the Senior Certificate (Amended).

NOTE: You cannot gain University entrance with a Senior Certificate (Amended) qualification. If you get your Senior Certificate (Amended), and you want to go to University, then you must apply for age exemption through Universities South Africa (USAf: http://mb.usaf.ac.za/exemption-requirements/).

Do You Qualify to Write the Senior Certificate (Amended) Exams?

The following are the rules to get access to the Senior Certificate (Amended):

Adult learners who are 21 years and older who have:

a General Education and Training Certificate (GETC); or

a Grade 9 school report (or the old standard seven), stating that they have passed Grade 9 or Standard 7; or

a recognised equivalent qualification obtained at NQF 3 Level which requires two official languages.

Adult learners who are 21 years and older with an incomplete Senior Certificate qualification.

Adult learners who are 21 years and older with an incomplete National Senior Certificate and whose School-Based Assessment (SBA) validity has expired.

Only in exceptional cases, out of school youth, who are 18-21 years old and who could not complete their school education due to circumstances beyond their control, as verified by the Head of Department in the Provincial Education Department.

Candidates that qualify to write the amended Senior Certificate examination will write the examination in June/July 2018. Candidates writing the amended Senior Certificate will be exempt from School Based Assessment.

This means that the examination results will constitute 100% of the final mark. So there is no “year-mark” from your school.

Examinations will be administered at designated examination centres determined by the Provincial Education Department.